Type-bar guide for type-writing machines.



, L. MYERS. TYPE BAR GUIDE FOR TYPE WRITING MACHINES.

APPLICATION IILBI) 0GT.30, 1911.

1958, 138, v Patented Apr. 8, 191 3.

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aviarneys L. MYERS. TYPE BAR GUIDE FOR TYPE WRITING MACHINES. I APPLICATION FILED 06130, 1911. 1

Patented Apr. 8, 1913.

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" hines, of which th zfo l'iowingligl eigciear pnesent device will appear 'in althe'ffpllqwing spec'ifieation, while the scope of the. -in ven-.

tion will be vbQ'verei inthe appended, claimed,

- portion? In. the. drawings which shbW a preferi ed;

Referring" more particularly to; I d i'eW- h i ingsi e rame of thejinachim i yi di a at 1, m1 Fvetally moiinted at 4-at'-the=1we1f- I the same are the usualtype levep's 2 having thefinger1-pieees.3. "Abovethe type levers anipivoted 'at 6 are sh6wn the type typekbarirs 5- may be fconnected to' the type,

levers in e'ny pl gfetr ed v-maip lejl'" mid ,1 asf adaptedftp engage iahe type bhrfj st below.-

. a embodiment of mjy"inventidn, Figure 1 isfa." 'vertic'zihsection:thiough a portion of zi-type "35 remain'de .of sei'd lnaehine being omittedfor the sake 0f ,clea'irness v E12; 2 ayplan' view] of e typewriting machine with p:irts,}

pivoted 0n the-upper and lqwertypethet'eon come adaeent; the pla'ten preferably of 1 cylindrical Offthmtypehir are immaterial in the pres- 2 Mqunted-fiadjacent the. platen;

bjbeifig'airangdite swing toward orh avgay firdmqthe"papeiacai rigge, is; the type har ,fg i li- -f-Thi typ -ban guide qi i cdnsists preferably 'Of the plate portion 15 extending longitudinally of: the platen '13.

{ indjhjnotehed plate po1 t ieI'1- .17, preferably afiglighflangle theretq, as shown' injFi'g. 3,- jnd having' the' nofcchedrecesses 18'-the1'ei'n ffdt receiving? and guiding "the-"several plate portien 15 adjacent -the platen-mam f;

type-bars" to th-eir print in'g' pps itibn The 65 form; asIshbWn-atlSL Themeahe'for shift- 'ing--the lpl'ate'n relatively. tq the typef 11; 12

; l lflorjl2may be bi'bughf toip 'inting position .by' some ii'sualforni of shifting liiechanism.

his platen maybe mounted in ain'ysuitable' 'Pepem rri g s ch 5 I .7

desired,- be marked. "dfi with the 'llsllfl l'i divls'ions for indicating the Spaces between let'- whichtendidsPringtoward thephiten-sQ as i .1"

the fixedbai' 16 b ut are rigigilyattachje'd thjeretb, at the same time they are vresilient and v in consequence of thisiesili ,eney they press the plate ,15 towa1 d the platemi The bOtiQOmlQ (if-the notches '18 is I, 100 .i

' obvious from this construction that the with the spacing of the letters to be. printed pressure of the type carried by the type-bar against the paper upon the platen may be very accurately -adjiisted, and this pressure willalways be uniform no matter'how many thicknesses of paper are placed on the platen, since .the yielding type-bar guide accommodates itself to the difterem thicknesses of paper upon the platen and its stop 19 accurately limits the throw of the typebar under allconditions. t Thetypebar guide as shown is preferably mounted-iiponthe paper-carriage so as y .will be clear that accurate spacing of the let upon the paper. In other Words, each. step to receive the. next type -bar;

by step movement of the platen past the printing point brings anew notch to receive and guide a typebar,jand thus the type-bar cannot be made toprint bet-weeii' the space of two letters. Furthermoracollision of the diitere nt.type bars within the notches of the guide is practically avoided since the notches-ofthe guide are siiiiicient to. receive but one type-barflat same, and as soon as this type-bar is withdraw'iifrom itssprinting point a new notch is presented layers ofpaper are wound upon the platen,

.. they come in contact with the edge ofthej guide which lies adjacent to'the platen and displace the guide "outwardly or it'orwardly.-

Hence when'a 'greater niimber of layers of paper'are placed on theplaten, a'sin' making a great "number of'carbon copies, the guide arrests;the'movement 5f the type-bar .at a greate tdist'ance from the face of'the pl'aten' roller." It is understood that when the type- 'bar strikes theguide, the platen forms a 1 "backing-1 to support the" guide" against the v effect of the'blow delivered by the type-bar.

The present embodiment ofmy invention;

herein shown and described is only the pre-- ferred one ofjthefmany forms my invention may tak'eyand it is tobe understood that my invention 'r'nay be embodied in any of the .formsbroadly included; in the appended claims.

h 4 What I claim is: 1. A type-bar guide for typewriting machine' comprising a plate mounted adjacent the platen of the machine, and forming a It will be .sponding to the thickness of paper thereon.

2. A type-bar guide for typewriting machines comprising a plate mounted adjacent the platen with a notch therein for guiding the type-bar, and having a stop for limiting the throw of the type-bar, said guide and stop being arranged to automatically adjust itself relatively to said platen corresponding to the thickness of paper thereon.

3. .A type-bar guide for typewriting machines comprising a plate with a notch {therein for guiding the type-bar and having to travel therewith, and therefore after they 'printingof-each letter a newnotchis pre sented for then'ext' type-bar due to'the lat-' eral movement of they paper-carriage tor, spacing the letters under the infiue'nceof the; usual escapement.,- By this construction it atstopengaging the type-bar adjacent the type thereon for limiting the throw of the type against-the paper, said guide and stop being mounted adjacent said platen and airranged to yieldingly bear against the same for automatically accommodating itself to a thickness of paper on said platen.

4. A type-bar guide for typewriting niachines compris ng a plate mounted longitudinally of the platen of the machine, said platen having a'pliirality of notches there in spaced acco ding to the spacing of the letters-to be printed, and adapter l to guide atypebar.

' A :ype 'har guide for typewriting inachines comprising a plate mounted adjacent the platen of the inachineuu'id carried there. with past-the printing point of the typebars, said plate having a'pliirality of notches therein spaced according to the letters to be printed whereby said type-bar guide presents a new notch at said printing point r I I after each printing operation. invention, the type-bar guide is Kai-ranged so. tha t,-, as the {3. A type-bar guide for typewritin'g inachines comprising a letter-scale platemounted'adjacent the platen and having a plurality of notches therein corresponding to the letter divisions of said scale and adapted to guide a t pe-bar.

:7. A type-bar guide for typewriting machines comprising a letter-scale plate mountfedadjacznt the platen and having a plu rality of notches therein corresponding to the" letter divisions of said scale and adapted to guide a type-bar, the bottom of said notches forming a stop for the type-bar to limit its, throw against the platen andarranged to automatically adjust itself relativelyto the platen corresponding to the thickness of paper thereon.

8. Atype-bar guide for typevvriting ma- 7 chines comprising. a letter-scale plate mounted adjacent the platen and having a plurality of notches therein corresponding to .the letter divisions of saiscale and adapt fed to guide a type-bar, the bottom of said notches forming a stop for the type-bar to limit its throwagain the platen and arranged to automatically adjust itself relativeiy to the platen corresponding to the Signed at New York city, New York, this thickness of paper thereon, the notched plate 28 day of October, 1911. being, carried with said platen past the LOUIS MYERS.

printing point whereby a new notch is pre- Witnesses: A 5 sented at said printing point after each BEATRICE MIRvIs,

printing operation. ABRAM BERNSTEIN,

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